Zhang Shujie was still standing by the window, the sunset outside the window had already set, and there was still a sunset in the sky. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Italy is located in the Mediterranean region and has a unique Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers. But after the sun sank to the horizon, there was a hint of coolness.

It's just that the coolness in Zhang Shujie's heart has nothing to do with this climate. He thought of the gap between Chinese football and Japanese football today, and his heart was a little chilly.

Fortunately, China has realized this serious problem and has begun to vigorously popularize youth football, but it is still in the planting stage, and it has not yet reached the time to blossom and bear fruit.

It's going to be a long process. Zhang Shujie and Li Mu are like two of the "seeds", whether they can bear fruit or not depends on time to prove.

I only hope that in the near future, not only these two seeds can germinate and grow, but also hope that more seeds will be scattered all over the world.

At this time, the door of the dormitory was pushed open from the outside.

The two turned their heads and saw a black teenager walk in, this teenager was Rodney Strassel, who lived in the same dormitory as the two. In the story, I put him in Parma, for reasons that will be explained later).

Strassel, originally from Sierra Leone, Africa, was born in 1990, just one year older than the two men. In today's first round of Facchetti's league game, he came off the bench and played for ten minutes, as a midfielder, he did not assist, did not score, the overall performance was not outstanding, in the limited time, can only be said to be neither good nor bad.

As soon as he entered the dormitory, he was babbling something, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu couldn't understand it, and they couldn't ask him.

Strassel sat on the edge of the bed and said a few words, then stood up and babbled to the two roommates, gesturing and gesticulating. Zhang Shujie and Li Mu looked at each other, not knowing what he wanted to express.

Judging from his expression, there was no verbal disrespect for these two Chinese teenagers, but more like a kind of incomprehension and doubt. He spoke to the two of them for about a minute, and they just looked at him with a smirk, nodding their heads constantly.

Strassel suddenly stopped, probably realizing that the two of them didn't understand his words, shrugged his shoulders, and then made a gesture to the two of them to eat.

Now the two understood, and Setracel was asking if they had eaten.

I don't speak Italian, but I can always speak simple English. Zhang Shujie shook his head and said, "No, no!"

Strassel said something that the two of them did not understand, and pointed at them, then at himself, and finally at the door, and made another gesture to eat.

He wanted to tell the two of them if they wanted to go down to eat together.

The two nodded.

The U19 reserve team's cafeteria is on the first floor of the dormitory building, and it's usually the Italian habit to don't eat so early, but these players have a strict schedule and eating time, and the club has rules about when they rest and when they eat, so they can't mess around.

There are also strict rules on the menu, and that mentality of "eat what you want" is definitely not suitable for the team. The club wants to reduce their fat and increase their muscles so that these teenagers can have a healthy body.

There are still a lot of people in the restaurant, Strassel just promoted from U17 to U19 this summer, like these two Chinese teenagers, they are both newcomers, it stands to reason that they are easier to get acquainted with, but unfortunately language has become an obstacle for them, they don't have much communication during the meal, only a few words between Zhang Shujie and Li Mu.

It was still early after dinner, at least it wasn't dark yet, and there was no training on the day of the race, so the kids under the age of 20 would go out for a walk. Strassel wanted to ask the two to go with him, but due to language problems, communication was indeed difficult, so he had to go by himself.

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu also smiled helplessly, and decided to return to the dormitory first and study the boring Italian book. Before he walked to the door of the dormitory, Zhang Shujie's mobile phone rang.

Li Mu looked at him with a wicked smile: "From the time of view, it is likely that this call is likely to be from Wang Shihan." ”

Zhang Shujie quietly flipped out his mobile phone and said, "This is not an international call, it is a call from Italy." ”

Li Mu's brain nerves suddenly short-circuited, and he didn't react to who else would call in Italy: "Who is it?"

Zhang Shujie was speechless: "Who else can there be besides Mr. Feng?"

Li Mu thought that he was being instructed by some outsider, and let out a long "oh": "I forgot, I forgot." ”

Zhang Shujie answered the phone: "Mr. Feng, hello...... Well, yes, we're both in ...... Have free time...... Now? Well, okay, okay, we'll come right over, goodbye. ”

"What is Mr. Feng looking for us?"

"I didn't say anything specific, he just told us to go and he was waiting for us outside. ”

Feng Kai stood outside the door of the training camp.

He was dressed lightly, didn't even drive the car, and came here on foot. He didn't call the two teenagers out at this time because he was hot-headed, but he had something to explain to them.

Many members of the reserve team walked out of the training base one after another and passed by Feng Kai. Zhang Shujie and Li Mu walked together, saw Feng Kai from a distance, and waved hello.

Feng Kai smiled and waited for the two to approach, Zhang Shujie asked, "What is Mr. Feng looking for us?"

"How about talking as you go?"

"Okay. ”

"Before that, I want to tell you, don't call me Mr. Feng in the future, I'm more than one round older than you, if you don't see outside, just call me Uncle Feng." ”

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu looked at each other and smiled: "Okay." ”

The three of them walked side by side on the streets of Parma, a small Italian town founded in 183 BC as an ancient city. With a population of less than 200,000, Parma was a principality under Austrian control in the 19th century.

It was not until 1859, after the end of the war between the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria, that Parma joined Sardinia and subsequently became part of Italy.

Feng Kai briefly explained to the two the history of the small city of Parma, although this has nothing to do with their future careers, but it is still necessary for them to understand if they want to live here for a while.

Feng Kai led the two from the training camp to his home, and he said to the two: "In the future, you must remember the distance from the Parma training ground to my home. ”

The two nodded, not asking why, but Feng Kai asked, "Do you know why?"

The two shook their heads again.

Feng Kai didn't explain to them right away, but asked, "Today Manzo told me that there is also a player from Africa in your dormitory?"

Zhang Shujie said: "Yes, it is a black teenager. ”

"Can you communicate with him verbally?"

"No, you can't. ”

"What about Li Mu?

"I can't, we don't understand what he's saying, but he seems to speak Italian, so I'm sure he's been in Italy for a long time. For the time being, we couldn't communicate with him in words, only with gestures. ”

Feng Kai was not surprised, and said with a smile: "Manzo's idea is good, but it ignores some more important factors. ”

Li Mu was stunned: "Uncle Feng, do you mean that the coach specially arranged for us to be with ...... The black boy is in a dormitory?"

"Yes. Manzo wanted you to learn Italian as soon as possible, so he put Strassel ...... It's your roommate who arranges to live with you. But he didn't expect that you had been in Italy for too short a time, and the third person you contacted before entering the team was me, an overseas Chinese, and now asking the two of you to communicate with an Italian without any foundation will not work at all. ”

Zhang Shujie asked, "Then Uncle Feng, did you let us go to your house to teach us Italian personally?"

Feng Kai smiled and said, "It's not me, it's my wife." ”

"Your wife?" Mrs. Feng?"

"That's right. She speaks both Chinese and Italian Chinese, so it is very convenient to teach you. I have already told Coach Manzo that you two will come to my house after lunch and before the start of training in the afternoon, and my wife will teach you Italian. But it won't be long, half a year at most. ”

"Half a year?" Zhang Shujie was a little dumbfounded, half a year to learn Italian? He spent most of his life as a student and didn't even learn English, how could he learn Italian in half a year?

Li Mu was also a little embarrassed: "Uncle Feng, learn the language of a country in half a year...... I don't think Jay and I are that smart. ”

Feng Kai explained: "I don't want you to learn all of them in half a year, it's impossible, I hope you can master this language as soon as possible." You can spend some time at my house in the afternoon to study, and you can spend time with your teammates, so that you can communicate with them in the shortest possible time. ”

I have to say that Feng Kai was very thoughtful, but why didn't he teach the two of them himself? Zhang Shujie asked this question.

Feng Kai has his own reasons: "I told you before that I have to take the qualification exam for the 'FIFA agent', and I have a lot to prepare, and I don't have much time to teach you, so I handed over this task to my wife." Also, after the training, I will go home first, and after you finish eating, you will follow the road we are taking now to my house, and I have explained it to my wife in advance. ”

After he finished speaking, he paused for a while, and then said, "I didn't go to the training camp to pick you up and chose to let you come by yourself in order to train you." You are still young, and there is still a long way to go, and I cannot follow you at any time. Even if I am now the translator for the two of you, this status is not permanent, and one day in the future, you will still have to take care of yourself. ”

Zhang Shujie smiled and said, "Uncle Feng, you don't need to explain, we all understand." ”

People always have to grow up, and under the protection of others, they will never be able to achieve great things. Whether it is Zhang Shujie or Li Mu, they can't rely too much on Feng Kai and can't treat Feng Kai as a "crutch".

Feng Kai looked at the two energetic teenagers, and couldn't help but smile knowingly: "In Italy, are you still used to food?"

Zhang Shujie touched his stomach: "Fortunately, I was not used to it in the first day or two, and I had a little stomach trouble, but now I don't have it." ”

"It's inevitable at the beginning, it's all about a process. ”

"Actually, I'm thinking, when can we play?"

"I can't call the shots about this, it depends on what the coach means. Don't worry, you're only sixteen years old, and you've only been in the team for a few days, so don't worry. Usually train hard and perform well, the coach will always see it. ”

Li Muying said: "Say less and do more, and strive to break out in silence!"

Zhang Shujie laughed: "If you perish in silence, it's over." ”

"Don't say anything discouraged. Didn't Uncle Feng just say, we're still very young!"

Feng Kai smiled at the two arguing teenagers: "Anyway, since I have come here, I will try to grasp every opportunity! Strive to lead the Chinese team to play in the World Cup in the future, so that Chinese football can raise its eyebrows! Don't look at the fact that I have immigrated to Italy, I am always following Chinese football." ”

Feng Kai didn't lie. Ten years ago, in 1997, the Chinese team was participating in the top 10 matches, which was also the last obstacle for the Chinese team before the 98 World Cup.

This was the last time Feng Kai cheered for the Chinese team as a Chinese, when he was only 28 years old, he watched all eight matches of the Chinese team, and in the end, the national football team won three wins, two draws and three losses, ranked third in the group, and failed to get a ticket to France.

Feng Kai watched the Chinese team being blocked from the World Cup, but there was nothing he could do. A month later, he immigrated to Italy with his family and became an Italian citizen.

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu in 1997 were only six years old, and they had no impression of this top ten match, and all they knew was heard from the mouths of old fans, such as leading Iran away and being reversed, Fan Zhiyi did not score a penalty, and the fans shouted "change Li Tie" and so on.

They didn't ask Feng Kai what happened at that time, it had been ten years, and there was no need for that.

"Here we are. Feng Kai pointed ahead and said, "That's my house, let's go." ”

The three of them left, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu had only been to Feng Kai's restaurant before, and had not been to his house yet, so they happened to visit it today.

On the way, Feng Kai asked, "Do you remember this journey?"

Zhang Shujie said: "Remember, there is only one intersection, which is very easy to remember." ”

"Well, you have to remember to come on time tomorrow. ”

The two nodded silently. Li Mu approached Zhang Shujie and whispered: "Uncle Feng just talked about the Chinese team, but I remembered something. ”

"What's the matter?"

"South Africa World Cup Asian qualifiers, you won't forget, right? In less than two months, the Chinese team will start playing the first qualifying match!"